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Top UN officials call on parties to swiftly reduce ‘ominous’ surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence

·February 21, 2023·4 min read

“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly 20 years,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). “We have seen ominous signs of what awaits if we fail to address the current instability.” Raising concerns that developments on...

COVID in Europe: China’s surge not a cause for concern ‘at this time’ says WHO, as XBB.1.5 virus spreads

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·January 10, 2023·2 min read

Dr. Hans Kluge, head of the World Health Organization for Europe, explained that this is because the two variants circulating in China are already present in European countries, according to data provided by the Chinese authorities. “We share the current view of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)...

WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge

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·January 5, 2023·4 min read

“We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing,” he said, speaking from Geneva. WHO is concerned about the risk to life in the world’s most populous country and reiterated the importance of stepping up vaccination...

COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting

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·January 4, 2023·1 min read

In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed during a scheduled press briefing that Chinese scientists had been invited to participate in a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 (TAG). The 30-strong expert group was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and Member States...

Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO

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·December 18, 2022·4 min read

“The map is under threat (from cholera) everywhere,” said Dr. Philippe Barboza, from the World Health Organization, speaking in Geneva, via Zoom. Available data points to cases of infection in around 30 countries, whereas in the previous five years, fewer than 20 countries reported infections, on average. Reversing recent successes “The...

Middle East: Terrifying surge in violence affecting children ‘must stop’ – UNICEF |

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·November 19, 2022·2 min read

“Children in the region continue to suffer the devastating impact of protracted conflicts, communal violence, explosive ordnance and remnants of war, and political and social unrest that permeate several countries”, the UN agency said, including in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before marking the adoption of the...